Animating scenes
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Command |
Path |
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Animate Scenes |
Spotlight > Visualization |
Create a movie of scene settings to preview the cue transition between the scenes. The contents of the active window, exactly as they display, are used to create the movie. Therefore, the images must be rendered before animating the scenes to accurately preview the lighting effect. These features cannot be used to accurately render all the lighting devices on the stage for every scene.
To animate the scenes:
Set the rendering option parameters described in Gobo projection requirements.
Save the scenes as described in Managing scenes .
Select the command.
In the Choose Path dialog box, select a location and file name for the movie. Click Save to open the Animate Scenes dialog box.
Enter the parameters for the Start and End Scenes. Select the scene name from the list; its parameters display underneath.
If desired, the scene can be edited by clicking the Edit Scene button. Change the Scene Name, Scene Number, Up Time and Down Time. The Up Time and Down Time used to animate the scenes is taken from the End Scene.
To create the animation, enter the scene Hold for time in seconds for both the starting and ending scenes.
Edit the movie settings by clicking the Video Settings button. The Video Settings dialog box opens.
Click to show/hide the parameters.Click to show/hide the parameters.
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Parameter |
Description |
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Compression Settings |
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Frames per second |
Sets the number of frames per second (fps) in the animation. 30 fps generally produces a smooth final animation. |
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Quality |
Sets the quality of the movie output; the higher the quality, the larger the resulting video file. The Very High setting is of appropriate quality for further video editing. |
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Frame Size |
Sets the size of the animation (width by height in pixels). If the selected frame size has a different aspect ratio from the drawing window’s resolution, the movie’s frame will be cropped. |
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Standard |
Select a standard frame size |
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Custom |
Enter a custom frame size; the width and height can be set to any value between 240 and 4096 pixels |
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Screen |
Sets the frame size to match the drawing window |
Click OK to return to the Animate Scenes dialog box.
When the scene animation settings are complete, click OK. The progress is displayed on the screen as the movie is created in the specified location, based on the settings that were entered.
To see the movie, locate the movie file and double-click to play it.
